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M105 -- Elliptical Galaxy

Object

Type

Elliptical Galaxy

Constellation

Leo

Distance

36.6M light years

Magnitude

9.3

Size

5.4 x 4.8 arc-min

M105 is the brightest (lower right) of the three bright galaxies

NGC 3384 (NGC 3371) is upper center and NGC 3389 (NGC 3373) is upper left

Image

Date

2016-04-03

Place

Tenkiller State Park

Exposure Data

CRGB 90:45:45:45 mins @ -15C

C 18x5, R 9x5, G 9x5, B 9x5

Notes

All filters binned 1x1

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi TOA-150

Focal Length

1100 mm @f/7.3

Mount

Paramount ME

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

CFW-10, AstroDon CRGB

Software

TheSkyX, CCDSoft, CCDAutopilot5, CCDStack 2+, PixInsight, PhotoShop CS6

Reprocessed on 07/08/2023